It
seems that Jesus' God is not only concerned with acts of murder,
gluttony and adultery but also with what prompts them. Very wise
indeed.
Here
are the bible verses in their entire context.
Let’s
assess what Jesus was actually teaching to see if they were----------
“Wise Indeed”
(Matthew
5:27-29) “You heard that it was said: ‘You must not commit
adultery.’ 28But
I say to you that everyone who keeps on looking at a woman so as to
have a passion for her HAS
ALREADY COMMITTED ADULTERY
WITH HER IN HIS HEART.
Notice
that Jesus said that a person who keeps looking at a women so as to
have a passion for her, ---HAS
ALREADY COMMITTED ADULTERY!!!!!
What
was the penalty for Adultery according to the LAW.
Leviticus
20:10 ‘A man might have physical relations with his neighbor’s
wife. If he does, both the man and the woman are guilty of adultery.
So they must be put to death.
So death was the penalty for
adultery according to the LAW.
What was the NEW PENALTY Jesus
instituted for just LOOKING at a women with passion?
Jesus made it clear----Matthew
5:29 For it is better for you to lose one of your members THAN
FOR YOU WHOLE BODY TO BE PITCHED INTO GEHENNA!
When
those listening to Jesus heard this speech of being tossed into
GEHENNA, what kind of imagery do you think came into their mind.
Here’s
a littler reminder.
NWT
(Mark 9:47, 48) it is finer for you to enter one-eyed into the
kingdom of God than with two eyes to be pitched into ----GE.HEN’
NA WHERE THEIR MAGGOT
DOES NOT DIE AND THE FIRE IS NOT PUT OUT.
KJ
VERSION It is better for thee to enter into the Kingdom of God with
one eye than, having two eyes, TO BE
CAST INTO HELL FIRE.
DARBY
VERSION rather than having two eyes TO
BE CAST INTO THE HELL OF FIRE.
YLT
VERSION better for thee one-eyed to enter into the reign of God, than
having two eyes, TO BE CAST TO
THE GEHENNA OF THE FIRE
No
where does it say this was a parable or illustration like Watchtower
claims. The context shows Jesus was talking literally.
Why
is such extreme punishment required
for a “THOUGHT CRIME’?
Ask
any reasonably person what is better----to be put to death or
to be cast into an everlasting fire?
And
by the way, the majority of Christians on the earth, (about 2
billion) interpret this Gehenna-Hell Fire as being EVERLASTING OR
ETERNAL PUNISHMENT—not death like jws interpret the verse.
What
was Jesus’s solution to this problem of
looking at a women with passion? This is what he recommended.
If,
now, your right eye
is making you stumble, TEAR IT
OUT AND THROW IT AWAY AWAY FROM
YOU.
Was
anyone exempt from tearing their eye out? ------Not according to the
bible.
Ecclesiastes
7:20
Indeed, there is not a
righteous man on earth who always does good and WHO NEVER
SINS.
If you honestly believe that
it was ONLY Jesus, 2000 years ago that came up with the idea that
committing adultery with another man’s wife was wrong, then I don’t
know what to say. Most people know that Homo Sapiens have been around
for over 200,000 years, and in order to survive and get along, it
made sense to not infringe on another man’s wife. That would only
cause war and death. By respecting people's property, humans have
survived this long.
If anything, an Omniscient God
who knows Everything, would know better than to create an intense
desire for humans to procreate. A God that knows Everything and can
do Anything would be able to create humans with a system where once a
man finds a mate, something inside his brain would click and stop any
desire for any other women as his sex object.
There are literally tons of
animals that have this mechanism built into them, ------why
couldn’t the Creator do like wise with humans? And these
animals still have free will to do as they please.
Love birds, Old field Mice,
Atlantic Puffins, Coyotes, Seahorses, Dik-diks, Bald Eagles,
Albatrosses, Beavers, Gibbons, Barn Owls, Sandhill Cranes, Geese,
Prairie Voles, Swans, Titi Monkeys, Pigeons, Monk Parakeets, Grey
Wolves, Black Vultures:----- are just a few we studied in school. I
could go on and list about a hundred more animals who have a built in
mechanism in their brain that shuts all interest in other mates once
they choose their mate for life and still keep their free will.
So why didn’t God do the
same thing with humans?
Does he enjoy seeing them live
with fear and guilt from the moment they are born to the day they
die?
Or—is
it possible that this fear found in the bible and attributed to Jesus
was an “IDEA” created later by the writers of the Gospels, to
Create an Imaginary Illness--
so
they could sell an Imaginary Cure, and keep the masses under their
control, siphoning as much money and life as possible from the
gullible?
It’s no different that how
the Watchtower instill fears in it’s members to keep them under
their control.
No Paradise Earth if you
celebrate holidays, Take Blood, Obey the Governing Body even if it
does not make sense----------------etc. Any sin including a (thought
Crime) must be reported to the Elders, so you can get ‘Spiritual
Help’
